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Nicolas Gertner Kilian

3×3 · top 0.13% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2013 · 2013GERT01

Nicolas Gertner Kilian has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.05, set at It's Sarzana O'Clock 2025, puts him in the top 0.13% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in France. Until November 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 151 competitions since March 2013, he has put 9,608 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.59 in March 2013 to 5.05, an 81% improvement. Nicolas has entered 151 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.13% of 284,439 all-time
5.05
signature single · It's Sarzana O'Clock 2025
9,608
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
3×35.056.78
top 0.13%8 / 4,746
3×3 one-handed8.3210.54
top 0.27%6 / 1,490
2×20.861.97
top 0.31%7 / 3,074
Skewb1.643.57
top 0.63%7 / 1,291
4×425.4631.80
top 0.82%15 / 1,817
3×3 Fewest Moves20 moves21.33
top 1.0%5 / 367
Pyraminx2.153.89
top 1.4%43 / 2,148
5×552.261:04.93
top 2.4%22 / 1,024
Megaminx45.4155.65
top 3.2%35 / 867
Clock5.346.65
top 5.3%34 / 714
3×3 blindfolded34.6755.21
top 5.4%23 / 434
Square-111.0316.46
top 8.0%45 / 540
6×61:58.472:11.29
top 10.5%33 / 437
7×73:29.133:43.59
top 19.5%51 / 372
3×3 Multi-Blind9 of 10 cubes · 55:42—
top 24.6%47 / 165

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Cannes Open 2013: 26.59Cannes Open 2014: 13.72French Championship 2014: 14.13Franconia Open 2014: 8.71US Nationals 2014: 9.10Hérimoncourt Open 2014: 9.72France 2015: 9.30Cannes Open 2015: 8.33Lyon Megaminx Open 2015: 8.82DYC Rubik Open 2015: 8.87Nancy Open 2015: 8.10Lyon Christmas Open 2015: 9.22Open Cube Project 2016: 8.64French Championship 2016: 8.01Lyon Megaminx Open 2016: 7.66Cannes Summer Open 2016: 8.71Annecy Open 2016: 9.24Montbéliard Open 2016: 8.28Chambéry Cube Open 2016: 7.72Istres Open 2017: 7.87Only Cube Open 2017: 8.38French Championship 2017: 9.16Barby Cube 73 2017: 7.60Aix-en-Provence Open 2017: 6.69World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 7.23Swisscubing Cup Final 2017: 7.11Toulon Open 2017: 7.35Istres Open 2018: 7.54French Championship 2018: 7.87Elsass Open 2018: 7.36WCA European Championship 2018: 6.13Montpellier Open 2018: 7.12Toulon Open 2018: 6.67Ugine Jeu et Jouet 2018: 6.93Saint-Raphaël Winter Open 2018: 7.56Istres Open 2019: 7.10Villeneuve-lès-Avignon Open 2019: 6.92Coupe de l'AFS 2019: 7.71French Championship 2019: 7.14Swisscubing Cup III 2019: 7.00WCA World Championship 2019: 6.04German Nationals 2019: 6.80Sens Open 2019: 6.50Tassin-la-Demi-Cube Open 2019: 5.86Paris Open 2019: 5.68Italian Championship 2019: 6.80Barby Cube 2019: 7.01Istres Open 2020: 7.34Savoie Open 2020: 6.89Chelles Open 2020: 6.71Villeneuve-lès-Avignon B 2021: 7.14Bologna Summer Open 2021: 6.93Offline Schwyz Sunday 2021: 7.19Bologna Back from Holidays 2021: 7.35Montpellier Open 2021: 7.37Gesté Barrière Open 2021: 6.84Garidech'Open 2021: 5.81DSF Generalforsamlingen 2022: 7.62Paladiamante Open 2022: 5.85Little Village Open 2022: 7.59Swisscubing Cup I 2022: 6.09Montpellier Open 2022: 6.88Swisscubing Cup II 2022: 6.38Paris Open 2022: 6.35Stevenage Spring 2022: 6.41Fada Open 2022: 6.34Tigery Open 2022: 6.76Fleurance Open 2022: 6.67Sorgues Open 2022: 6.86Mysłowice Big Cube Open 2022: 6.07Warm Up Stockholm 2022: 7.17Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 6.68Norwegian Championship 2022: 7.09Trentin Open 2022: 6.11Swisscubing Cup IV 2022: 6.22French Championship 2022: 6.20Barby Cube 2022: 6.80Frejus Open 2022: 6.61Garidech Open 2022: 6.56Marseille Open 2022: 5.87Swisscubing Cup Finale 2022: 6.96Istres Open 2023: 6.66Charente Open 2023: 6.27Chelles Open 2023: 5.97Barby Cube 2023: 6.82Monts du Lyonnais Open 2023: 6.14Lodi Time Trial 2023: 6.57French Championship 2023: 7.29Swisscubing Cup III 2023: 5.57It's Sarzana O'clock 2023: 5.83Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 6.84Simple Sydney Saturday 2023: 6.37Australian Nationals 2023: 6.67Minyons de Terrassa Open 2023: 7.36Hungarian Open 2023: 5.88Hayange Open 2024: 7.19Istres Open 2024: 6.61Only Oullins Open 2024: 6.97French Championship 2024: 6.94Open de Marseille 2024: 6.10Barby Cube 2024: 6.17Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 6.68Couffoul'Events 2024: 5.83Roma ar Cubbo 2024: 6.28 Esprit Cube Open Bayonne 2024: 5.74Garidech Open 2024: 6.58Sorg'Open 2024: 6.66Fires de Girona 2024: 5.91Barcelona Open 2024: 5.22Czech Championship 2024: 5.52Chelles Open 2025: 5.68Marseille à la Carte 2025: 7.42French Championship 2025: 5.93It's Sarzana O'Clock 2025: 5.05Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 5.82Mini Ticino Open 2025: 6.83Sorg'Open 2025: 5.94Garidech Open 2025: 6.16French Championship 2026: 6.24Lonay Euro Qualifier 2026: 6.23Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 6.135.0526.592 Mar 201316 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 0.32 away.

Targets move as he improves.